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Arif Habib (KAR:AHCL) PB Ratio : 0.44 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is Arif Habib PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-05-19), Arif Habib's share price is ₨42.95. Arif Habib's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨98.16. Hence, Arif Habib's PB Ratio of today is 0.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arif Habib's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KAR:AHCL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27   Med: 0.66   Max: 3.82
Current: 0.4

During the past 13 years, Arif Habib's highest PB Ratio was 3.82. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 0.66.

KAR:AHCL's PB Ratio is ranked better than
89.21% of 417 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 1.29 vs KAR:AHCL: 0.40

During the past 12 months, Arif Habib's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Arif Habib was 18.30% per year. The lowest was -41.00% per year. And the median was 6.65% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Arif Habib PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arif Habib's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Arif Habib PB Ratio Chart

Arif Habib Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.52 0.53 3.97 0.47 0.30

Arif Habib Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Mar24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 0.38 0.30 0.29 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Arif Habib's PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Arif Habib's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Arif Habib's PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Arif Habib's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arif Habib's PB Ratio falls into.



Arif Habib PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Arif Habib's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2024)
=42.95/98.163
=0.44

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Arif Habib  (KAR:AHCL) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Arif Habib (KAR:AHCL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
23 M.T. Khan Road, Arif Habib Centre, 2nd Floor, Karachi, SD, PAK, 74000
Arif Habib Corp Ltd generates and sells electricity in Pakistan. It is also engaged in providing equity and debt brokerage, as well as corporate finance services to institutional, corporate, high-net-worth, and retail clients. Its segments are Capital market operations; Brokerage; Energy Development, and Others. The firm generates the majority of revenue from the Energy segment. The Energy segment is engaged in energy development. The brokerage segment is engaged in brokerage, underwriting, corporate consultancy, research, and corporate finance services. Capital market operations segment is engaged in trading of equity securities and maintaining strategic and trading portfolios. Others include assets of RCPL.

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